Duke Bonifacio II of Tuscany

Duke Bonifacio II of Tuscany (790-838) was the Duke of Tuscany from 823 to 834, succeeding Duke Bonifacio I of Tuscany.

Biography
Bonifacio was the son of Duke Bonifacio I of Tuscany, and he was a scion of the House of Bonifazi. In 823 he succeeded his father as Margrave of Tuscany in Lucca, and in 828 he led a fleet to attack Utica and Carthage in North Africa, assaulting the Saracens there with success. In 833 he backed Louis the Pious against his son Lothaire of Italy, but Lothaire disposessed him when he took power. Bonifacio retired to southern France, and his son Duke Adalberto of Tuscany later regained Tuscany.